Quote Originally Posted by afroakuma View Post
At 10th and above, a rogue is entitled to take a bonus feat in place of picking a special ability; those are independent of Sneak Attack progression and basically give the rogue an extra four feat slots should he want them. So...
That's assuming that the rogue in question wouldn't take obviously better options, like Improved Evasion or Skill Mastery. and that they don't take arguably more beneficial feats, like Lion's Leap or Parry. Plus, a rogue's special abilities are mid-to-late-game features, when the barbarian & the fighter are power attacking for hundreds of points of damage, the bard is charming armies to lay down their swords, the cleric & the the druid are in full Zilla mode, & the wizard/sorcerer is disintegrating everything in sight at the very least. My only concern with a 10th level rogue (the soonest that a rogue can get Improved Sneak Attack three times) doing d12 SA damage is that your average group of players may not have enough d12s to throw down all at once.